Motion control market in midst of record year

March 2015 News

Global shipments for motion control products grew by 9% to $2.3 billion in the first nine months of 2014, according to new statistics released by the Motion Control Association (MCA), the industry’s trade group.

“The strong growth in the market is impacting the entire automation industry,” says MCA vice president Dana Whalls. “We’re seeing this reflected in the large increase of exhibitors and floor space at our upcoming Automate trade show at McCormick Place in Chicago. Overall, the show is already 56% larger and motion control specific exhibitors are currently up 209% over the last show as motion control suppliers look to help more companies reap the benefits of adding automation technologies.”

Individually, the third quarter of 2014 followed a good first half with the main growth categories being AC motors (101%), motion controllers (35%) and actuators/mechanical systems (20%).

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